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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵

Map showing the number of times a location has burned in SoCal and which kind of fire it was: one burning under Santa Ana winds, or one that was a summer, fuel-driven fire without Santa Ana winds. Malibu area had burned at least 8 times from 1900-2017, and has burned twice now since. Image from Kolden and Abatzoglou (2018): https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/1/2/19

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

During our Black Summer, more than 1,000 people came from North America to assist in firefighting efforts. The overlap in fire seasons in both hemispheres has huge implications for how we fight fire. Australia needs its own fleet of Large Air Tankers (LATs). www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

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Fire seasons around the world are starting to overlap. This may leave Australia on its own

Experts say Australia can no longer rely on northern hemisphere nations for water-bombing aircraft and firefighters during our summer.

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Daniel Miller @danielnmiller.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Here’s tomorrow’s front page of the @latimes. All our fire coverage is here, and the paywall has been lifted: www.latimes.com/california/l...

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

On Wed, Jan 8, I will host a NEW livestream (link below) starting at 8am PT to further discuss, contextualize, & track what has already become a devastating wildfire outbreak (& severe windstorm) in Southern CA. #CAwx #CAfire #PalisadesFire #EatonFire youtube.com/live/TeY...

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Weather and climate office hours by Weather West: 01/8/25: Devastating wildfire outbreak in SoCal - YouTube

The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme weather and c...

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NPR @npr.org · 08/01/2025

As wildfires spread through Southern California, some people are at higher risk of health problems from the smoke, including children, older people and those with lung conditions. Here's how to stay safe.

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What you need to know if you're in the path of wildfire smoke

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

My fellow LA folks—if you’re having trouble finding real time updates on evacuation areas, air quality, power outages, etc I recommend this app 👇👇👇 t.co/whLniD62Uz

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https://app.watchduty.org/

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/01/2025

As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area. It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.

A pie chart showing the area burned by the 20 largest wildfires on record from 1900 through 2021 in California.

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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Many great resources for SoCal #CAFires. I recommend: 1. WatchDuty app for evacs, shelter, etc 2. @weatherwest.bsky.social does regular zoom "office hours" and explainers 3. Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy 4. TheLookout runs a fab explainer on his YT channel:

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The Lookout

Independent wildfire and water-related reporting. Host Zeke Lunder has 25 years experience in wildland fire management and California water issues. During wildfire season we provide UNOFFICIAL updat...

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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Also, for my remote sensing peeps who teach, Palisades Fire offering an excellent example of VIIRS saturating in the IR and bleeding over into downpath pixels. Neither the Pacific Ocean or central Santa Monica are actually on fire (right now anyway). #remotesensing #NASAcanyoufixthis

Image shows estimate of Palisades active fire location from VIIRS sensor, with red dots in the ocean and places on the east side of the fire in Santa Monica that do not actually represent active fire.

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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Santa Ana Wind (SAW) driven fires do occur in January but typically are not large and damaging. Figure below shows number of SAW fires for 1950-2020. These SAW fires are driven by wind speed and drought. www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF23190

graph showing number of SAW fires and area burned

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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

#EatonFire disaster unfolding. This fire has many parallels to the Marshall Fire, Tubbs Fire, Lahaina Fire, Camp Fire and other major WUI disasters of the past decade. Damaging downslope windstorm (gusts 65+ mph) at night on top of extremely dry fuels. Please evacuate. #Pasadena #CAwx

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Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts

Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Will be live again shortly (8pm PT) on the same livestream link below (in quoted post). Unfortunately, with winds increasing and new fires breaking out, situation has escalated further. #CAwx #CAfire #PalisadesFire #EatonFire

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KTLA 5 @ktla.com · 07/01/2025

CalFire, the California Department of Forestry & Fire Prevention, is offering the public an interactive, three-dimensional view of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.